Domsa Károlyné, Fekete Gézáné, Kovács Mária (szerk.): Gondolatok a könyvtárban / Thoughts in the Library (A MTAK közleményei 30. Budapest, 1992)
KÖNYVTÁR ÉS KORSZERŰSÉG – LIBRARY AND MODERNITY
L. Kiuzadjan Environment and Society: Environmental Policies in Europe, Waste Management, Legal Measures, Ecological Economics, Training in Environmental Matters for Economists Family Studies and Demographic Issues : Parents in the 1990s, Changes in Values and Ways of Life, Women as Agents for Changing Structures and Values, Population Policies Stimulating Fertility, Issues of Migration Local & Urban Systems: Local Administrative Reform, Inner City Problems, Local Development, Infrastructure, Local Social Movements, Locality Studies, The Re-emergence of Central Europe, Local Planning and Central-Local Relations Language, Ethnicity & Culture: Semiotics, Stereotypes in Thinking, Multilingualism and Ethnicity, Tourism as a Factor of Change, European Culture Today, Pre-Columbian Collections in European Museums, Information Exchange on Higher Education The Economy & Agriculture Information and Documentation: Current Research Documentation; International Exchange of Information Sources; Legal and Economic Aspects of Information Provision Peace and Conflict Studies: Non-violent Resolution of International Crises and Regional Conflicts Interdisciplinarity and Philosophy Training of Young Researchers The Distinctiveness of the Vienna Centre There are well over a hundred institutes and organisations which in one way or another focus on Eastern or Western Europe. It seems that the Centre is just one of them and this puts the onus on the Centre to make its case for support. Looking at these other organisations with similar aims reveals a number of striking differences to the Centre's profile: Other institutions are, as a rule, organised on a national basis (often governmental or private), or as institutes of a particular university. The majority of them have not focussed up to now on Europe as a whole; they have concentrated on the study of the Soviet Union, Eastern European countries or the countries of the European Community. They are mostly specialised in either one area of the social sciences, or in one area of Europe and consequently work with staff selected on these grounds, predominantly nationally or disciplinarily defined. The Vienna Centre, on the other hand, is organised on an international, non-governmental basis: It investigates all European countries 154 Thoughts in the library "
